Another quarter, another paper increase
Jul 1, 2008 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
The third quarter marks the fifth straight price rise for paper. Most of the major mills have announced price increases for many paper grades, ranging...
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Do Printers Get It?
Mar 1, 2008 12:00 PM, Jim Tierney
They may have a role to play. But traditional printers aren't necessarily the best people to talk about digital printing, says Stefan Agustsson, vice...
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THE KEY TO Comailing
Feb 1, 2008 12:00 PM, BY TIMOTHY GABLE
Postage rates, which we all know keep going up, represent 45% to 65% of a catalog's costs. What's the best way to reduce your postal bill, short of slashing...
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Slim-jim size suits popcorn mailer
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
For Dale and Thomas Popcorn, it's no longer hip to be square. Or rather, after the whopping postal rate increase this past May, it's no longer affordable to be square. The popcorn mailer has cuts its costs significantly by changing its trim size to a slim-jim....
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Print, Production, & Paper
Nov 1, 2007 12:00 PM, BY JIM TIERNEY
Multichannel Merchant's exclusive 2007 Benchmark Survey on Print, Production, & Paper finds that catalogers have further embraced digital workflows, digital photography, and digital proofing....
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Paginating with Punch
Oct 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Glenda Shasho Jones
We all know that merchandise is king in the catalog world. But we sometimes need a reminder that how and where we place product in a book is every bit...
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The Skinny on Slim-jims
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
A steep postal rate hike in 1991 sent catalogers scurrying for cost-cutting options. I called my production guy in, recalls Steve Tamke, who at the time...
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The ABC's of Press Checks
Mar 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Carol Worthington-Levy
Anyone who's been disappointed in how his catalog looks as it rolls out of the printing plant on its way to the mail house knows that certain sinking...
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R.R. Donnelley to Buy Perry Judd’s
Dec 20, 2006 4:16 PM, By Jim Tierney
In a move that surprised some industry watchers, printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons announced on Dec. 20 that it has agreed to acquire fellow printer Perry Judd’s Holdings for $176 million...
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R.R. Donnelley's Domination
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
The Oct. 31 announcement that printer R.R. Donnelley & Sons had agreed to acquire competitor Banta Corp. had some industry watchers unsure whether to...
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R.R. Donnelley to Buy Banta for $1.3 Billion
Nov 1, 2006 5:29 PM, By Jim Tierney
Chicago-based R.R. Donnelley & Sons, the largest printer in North America, agreed on Oct. 31 to buy Menasha, WI-based printer Banta Corp. for $1.3 billion in cash. ...
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Live from NEMOA: Print Is Alive and Well
Sep 25, 2006 7:49 AM, By Jim Tierney
Saratoga Springs, NY – As companies cope with increased prices in postage and paper, the print industry continues to forge ahead. ...
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Dollars AND Senses
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Jim Tierney
Sensory merchandising appealing to all of a customer's senses in the marketing process is especially challenging for catalogers. But improved printing...
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Banta Reorganizes Print Divisions
Jul 26, 2006 3:29 PM
Menasha, WI-based Banta Corp. announced it was reorganizing its five print divisions into two divisions. Banta's book, publications and consumer catalog print divisions will become a single division ...
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Out with Prepress, In with Premedia
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Nicky Milner
In the good old days say, before 2004 the prepress process was an unavoidable stop on the road to producing a printed catalog. Slow, cumbersome, and expensive,...
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